Q. For instance I've played clarinet 8yrs.
and Sax for about 3 1/2 yrs
I can read notes in treble, alto, and bass.
I know all my major scales with a few minors
and I understand and can read basic chords
A. Run, do not walk, to purchase:
Bela Bartok: Microkosmos, Books I, II, maybe III.
Beginner's Bach, Schirmer publisher, or similar collection
Schumann: Album für die Jugend.
There you have an excellent base.
The Bartok are famous for being one of the best progressive sets of piano piece c_m pedagogy ever written. They are also ripe for delving into theory basics, a base for learning to transpose and improvise.
Bach is Bach, and independence of fingers (and brain-tracking) are essential - the Bartok, BTW, is also loaded with those necessary challenges.
The Schumann are brief, characteristic pieces, a variety of technical problems as well as an array of 'emotional spectrum' in a set of pieces for beginners.
Prokofiev's "For Children" is a suite of about fourteen pieces - some more difficult than others. They are also Very Nice music.
I'd generally avoid any collections like the John Thompson (American series) which often have simplified versions of pieces, or just completely banal music therein. Every 'method' book or graded collection I've seen is always lacking something - because it is just not possible to put it all together to make a method or graded collection without excluding much.
It seems to me you don't need a piece which has little motifs of melodic thirds alternating from hand to hand called "Butterflies," and all that horrible anti-music music which seems to abound in those earlier graded collections.
Enjoy. Get a teacher as soon as you start to have questions. Here is not that place, because you can't be heard or seen, and the questions that come up are of all sorts physical, and the answers are often precise and nuanced. You can only satisfy that in a one-to-one interactive relationship with a teacher.
P.s. You may have experience, but you do not have experience in the simultaneous reading and playing from two individual clefs, with independent musical material in each. There, you are a beginner, and I remind you to be patient with yourself.
Best regards.
How do I study aural harmony without repeating questions?
Q. I've been studying music in school and I've recently been focusing on ear training, and I've become quite confident in intervals, melodic dictation, and a few other things, but I'm hitting a wall when it comes to chord progressions, inversions, and harmony.
The software we use only asks us questions over and over again and I don't feel like I'm going anywhere with it. Is there some other way I study without all the trial and error?
A. It is to be hoped there is some individual within your reach, an advanced or graduate student, whom you could ask for help or even (gasp!) hire for several tutorial sessions. This sounds / seems like a small 'speed bump' and I think you would only need two or three sessions to get over it.
The tutor could play the problematic chords and progressions on the piano, 'drill you' just as you would be tested or as asked of you in class, and they can see more precisely what you are having trouble with.
Your question is demonstrable proof there is no real interaction with a video or DVD.
Most importantly, and the best reason for a tutor for you:
From individual to individual, we perceive the same object or problem differently. Often (I suspect it here) it is more a matter of what you are thinking about it and how you think about it which first needs to be understood to better advise you of another approach as to 'how to think about it,' and that will then change how you listen to allow you to 'get it.'
So here we are on line, the non-interactive DVD no worse really than any other advice you could be given about training your ear, also on line, and in words. That's the trouble when the medium is sound.
If there is anyone who is four years ahead, has completed the set of courses, they might be able to help as I've described above.
Best regards.
i just bought a an electric keyboardand i am looking for materials to?
Q. start practising.please e mail me chords or links as to where man can get this things right.
A. Here's an interactive chord chart: http://www.8notes.com/resources/notefinders/piano_chords.asp
Some free sheet music downloads: http://www.8notes.com/piano_sheet_music.asp
If you're a beginner, here are some more pieces: http://www.music-scores.com/skill/composer2.php?skill=1&name=Piano
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